Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle A chime or a small bell Newsprint, markers, and tape Several small items of clothing or apparel with labels indicating a non-United States country of origin Copies of Singing the Living...
We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. —Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This workshop looks outward to examine the impact of our personal financial choices in the global economic community. A story connects the availability of inexpensive...
Delegates at the 2014 General Assembly in Providence, RI, selected "Escalating Inequality" to be the 2014-2018 Congregational Study/Action Issue (CSAI) of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) of Congregations....
Let’s take some time to relax and allow our imaginations to stretch. Guided meditation is a way of focusing so that your innermost thoughts and memories can come to the surface of your mind. Sometimes, but not always, a guided meditation will invite new insights or excite your imagination in ways...
Adapted from a traditional folk tale from India. Once upon a time long ago there was a man who made his living selling oil. He filled up large pots and went from village to village selling the precious liquid to all who were interested. In fact, business was going so well, he decided he needed an...
Activity time: 120 minutes Materials for Activity Inequality for All, a documentary film by Robert Reich (85:00) A computer with a projection screen, digital projector, and speakers or a large monitor Preparation for Activity Obtain the video, which may be purchased or rented through the Inequali...
Make time for reflection and discussion with your co-facilitator after the conclusion of the workshop. Consider these questions: What worked well in today’s workshop? How can these elements or approaches be repeated or amplified in the future? What was most challenging? What could be done to make...
Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle. Taking It Home handout Preparation for Activity Customize Taking It Home and make copies for all participants. Description of Activity Distribute Taking It Home. Invite everyone to form a...
Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Paper, pens, and markers Art supplies such as clay (play dough), beads, “jewels” (items from nature such as seed, nuts, dried leaves and flowers), colored paper, yarn, chenille stems, stickers, play money, fabric...
Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 3, Guided Meditation Meditative music and a music player Chime or small bell Preparation for Activity Practice reading Leader Resource 3, Guided Meditation, aloud several times....
Activity time: 40 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Leader Resource 1, What Would You Do? Profile Cards Leader Resource 2, What Would You Do? Situation Cards A timepiece Optional: Chime or small bell Preparation for Activity Print the leader resources (optional: use two...
Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle A chime or a small bell Newsprint, markers, and tape Story, The Daydreamer Several objects for the centering table suggestive of dreams, such as a dream catcher, a starfish, a rainbow-colo...
What is your understanding of classism? When have you experienced or observed classism in your local community? In your congregation? Are there assumptions made in your congregation that members have a certain amount of economic privilege or that they are middle class?...
It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing—that's the Lord's test. — Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer This workshop focuses on economic justice and economic class to explore ways money and wealth shape our individual choices and actions in...
Congregational systems theory: UU University 2006, Part 2: Congregations as Emotional Systems (video). Peter Steinke, Healthy Congregations, A Systems Approach (Alban Institute, 2006). The many meanings of money: Viviana A. Zelizer,...
From “The Social Meaning of Money: 'Special Monies',” by Viviana A. Zelizer, The American Journal of Sociology, vol. 95, no. 2, September 1989. Special money in the modern world may not be as easily or visibly identifiable as the shells, coins, brass rods, or stones of primitive communities, but...
The Miller family is facing some financial challenges. The oldest child is applying to private colleges with tuition costs that will add a significant financial burden to the family budget. It is the end of a long week and the question of how to pay for college has come up during the family’s...